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Chapter 12 continues from yesterday:

Andy sat in a dim rectangular room on one side of a rectangular table. There was a large mirror on the opposite wall and he’d watched enough Netflix to know it wasn’t just a mirror. Sitting next to him was the duty solicitor he’d just met. Sitting opposite were two detectives. The senior of the two began the proceedings.

“It’s 02:10 on Tuesday the 13th of June 2026. Present in the room are Detective Sergeant Osgood and – ”

“Detective Constable Stringwize.”

“And? State your name and occupation please.”

“Christine Coach, solicitor.”

“And? State your name please.”

“Andrew Flench. Where’s my dog?”

“Your date of birth?”

“11th of November, 1994.”

“And your occupation?”

“Computer technician.”

“At?”

“I’m freelance. Work from home.”

“Are you vegan Mr Flench?” Osgood continued.

“You don’t have to answer that,” Ms Coach told him.

“No comment.” Andy replied.

“Being vegan’s not a crime Andrew, there’s no need to be secretive about it.”

Andy didn’t respond.

“My colleagues saw a bag of vegan dog food in your kitchen, so I think we can safely assume you are.” He paused for a moment, looking at Andy who looked right back. “Do you believe in vampires?”

Andy smiled, “of course not.”

The detective returned the smile. “Then why did you write to the news stations about thousands of vampire kills?”

Andy looked at the duty solicitor who shook her head. “No comment,” he responded.

The detective leaned back in his chair. “You might as well tell us,” he advised. “Our digital forensics team is going through your computers with a fine tooth comb. By this time tomorrow we’ll know everything.”

Andy tried to look cool, calm and collected. He was worried and confused but he didn’t want them to know that. He’d been very careful when he informed the news networks. Everything was encrypted. There was no way they could have traced those messages back to him. And yet, here he was, being interrogated.

“Maybe you didn’t mean it as a threat. You probably thought it was a harmless prank didn’t you? Did someone put you up to it? Was it a dare?” Osgood continued trying to wheedle something out of him. “Come on Andrew, let’s get this misunderstanding sorted out. Let’s get you home to your dog.”

“You left him at home?”

“I’m not sure where he is to be honest,” the detective looked at his colleague who shrugged. “So the sooner you tell me what I want to know, the sooner we can track him down and get you back to him.”

“Alright detective,” Ms Coach intervened. “enough with the fishing expedition. I don’t know what gave you cause to suspect Mr Flench but it’s clear to me that you don’t have enough to charge him.” When Osgood didn’t reply she turned to Andy. “Come on, let’s go.”

Andy stood to leave. “Tell me where my dog is,” he insisted, undaunted.

“I have no idea where he is,” Osgood told him with a bitter smile.

“We’ll ask the custody sergeant,” Christine told Andy as the uniformed officer opened the door for them. Then she looked back at the detectives. “When will he get his computers back? That’s his livelihood.”

“We’ll see,” Osgood told her, “too early to tell.”

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Come back tomorrow for the beginning of chapter 13, unless you want to read it now 😀

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